Rice Lake Main Street Project update, May 6, 2024
New benches, chairs and planters have been placed downtown along Rice Lake’s Main Street, signaling the final stages of the city’s main street project. Tomorrow or Wednesday, crews will be…
Barron’s Main Street Project update for May 6
BARRON, Wis. (WJMC) — Barron’s Main Street project is closing the Seventh Street intersection near KJ’s Market. Barron’s La Salle Avenue is closed from Seventh to Second streets. Main Street…
Wisconsin Supreme Court will decide whether mobile voting sites are legal
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has decided it will hear a case dealing with the legality of mobile voting sites without first letting it wind through any…
Private northern Wisconsin college facing huge deficit will remain open, operating on “refocused” model
ASHLAND, Wis. (WRN) — A private college in northern Wisconsin, at risk of closing, will remain open. After announcing in March they’d have to close if they couldn’t raise $12…
Gov. Evers kicks off 2024 fishing season
SIREN, Wis. (WJMC) — Gov. Tony Evers is in Burnett County this weekend, to kick off the 2024 fishing season. Friday evening, he attended the 58th annual Governor’s Fishing Opener…
Rusk County man charged with attempted homicide
LADYSMITH, Wis. (WRN) — Rusk County man is in custody, charged with attempted first degree homicide and other charges, related to a shooting that left a victim with a gunshot…
Get your fishing license before you head out for the opener, reminds DNR
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — The Department of Natural Resources is reminding you to get your license before you head out to fish this weekend. Fisheries director Justine Haas says that’s…
Fairtime Chapel celebrates rural life, agriculture
RICE LAKE, Wis. (WJMC) — Celebrate rural life Saturday in Rice Lake. The Fairtime Chapel, at the Barron County Fairgrounds in Rice Lake, invites you to celebrate rural life and…
Mt. Horeb deals with school shooter incident
MT. HOREB, Wis. (WRN) — More details about the somber day in the Dane County Village of Mt. Horeb, where a school shooting ended in tragedy, but could have been…
Gov. Evers kicks off 2024 fishing season
SIREN, Wis. (WJMC) — Gov. Tony Evers is in Burnett County this weekend, to kick off the 2024 fishing season. Friday evening, May 3, he attended the 58th annual Governor’s…